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"Jenny, Layla, and I will be in Felix's office. If you need anything, make sure you reach me through Beth," he says, smiling at her. "Yes, sure. I'll do that," she says, smiling at both of us.

"And welcome back, Miss Layla," she says, making me smile. "Thanks, Jenny. It's good to be back; I love your top the way." I say as I see her green cross-top shirt. She smiles, blushing and looking at her shirt. "Thank you, Layla. I mean, Mrs. Halloway," she says, making me blush.

We walk across the floor to the other side and turn toward dad's new office. Since Danny is the new CEO, dad and he traded offices. Dad is now in the middle of all the mayhem, where all the other executives are, and Danny's is more secluded, with only two studios next and across from him that is used for photo shoots.

"Good morning, Beth." he greets dads secretary, making her smile. "Good morning, sir. Oh, Miss Layla. Good morning." she says as she gets up and hugs me, making me smile.

"Good morning, Beth. How are Sarah and Livie?" Beth has been dad's secretary for years. She has no family other than a sister named Olivia Summers and her niece Sarah Summers, who, by the way, is a big shot in fashion as well. Though they have loads of money, Beth doesn't want to leave this job. She loves working for dad and is best friends with mom.

"Can you let Felix know we're here, please?" he says, wrapping his hand around my waist and pulling me closer to him. She smiles in awe, tilting her head to the side. "Oh, you two are so cute together."

She stands and walks to the door and opens it for the two of us. "Sir, they're here."

"Good, let them in." she gestures for us, and I smile when I see dad and Karly sitting inside. "Hi, sister," she chirps.

I hug her, then kiss dad on his cheek before sitting beside Danny. "Layla, honey. What do you think of becoming one of our new head designers? Karly was showing me some of the designs you made while studying. It's true; there was more to me than loving to work in the clinic.

While studying to be certified in my job, I also graduated from college in business administration and learned everything there was to know about the fashion industry. I knew the possibility of Karly and me taking over one day, so I had to know what I was getting myself into.

But in all honesty, when I was small, I did want to be part of all this. I wanted to design, become a model like mom, and be a part of all this. But I gave it up when Danny broke my heart. I loved to design dresses and dreamed of one day designing my wedding gown and creating beautiful masterpieces.

"Dad, but that's Hugo's job." he waves to me as I become concerned. The last I need is to step in and take someone else's position. "Hugo is one of our designers, but as of now, we don't have a top designer. If you do take over this job, it will be you, Hugo, Karla, and Sasha. What do you think?" he smiles, resting his elbows on his desk and interlacing his fingers.

I glance with my lips partially parted. "Uhm, ok. Yeah, I'm up for it." I say, making my sister smile. "Awesome. Then it's settled. We have new offices on the designer's floor, but for now, Danny thought it would be a good idea to have you work in the office next to him. So, if there are no questions, let's get to work!" dad says cheerfully.

We all glance at each other, and to be honest, I just wanted to talk to Hugo, see his ideas, and get started. "Good, go to Hugo, speak to him, get up to date with him and get designing. Thank you, girls." dad says, gripping my hand and sisters with a smile.

"Love you, daddy," Karly says, kissing his cheek.

Danny went back to his office, and Karly and I went to the elevator to talk to Hugo, but he wasn't there. "I guess we can come back later. Do you know when he'll be back?" Karly asked Stephanie as she sat at her desk. "In about an hour, he's just out getting more supplies," she says, smiling.

"Hey, hey. How about we get some coffee while we wait for Hugo to come back, huh?" Ingrid suggests as she comes in and sits at the table next to Steph's desk. "Yes, please. Let's go." Karla replies. Steph and the girls love spending time together, but I wasn't in the mood to go.

"You guys go ahead. I'm going to wait for him in dad's office. Call me when he gets back, yes?" I say, sitting on a sofa next to me. "Are you sure? They have great lattes downstairs?" where the company was made; there are a lot of other factories around. But not many restaurants, so Danny's grandpa thought it would be a good idea to make a big cafeteria on the main floor behind the lobby.

Now, most of the factory workers, truck drivers, and everyone that works nearby come and eat here. The company is open until late, but the cafeteria is available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. It has everything from fast food and cold sandwiches to gourmet coffee.

They took off, and I sat waiting. A few minutes in, Danny had come down to see how I was doing. "Come on, let's wait for him in my office while we get a fresh bowl of fruit and yogurt for you. It's close to lunch, but you didn't have much for breakfast, so let's get a snack, ok?"

We made our way down to the cafeteria and grabbed a bowl with frozen smoothies and chopped fruit on top with granola that looked so good. Danny grabbed a drinkable yogurt and a bagged cookie. His phone began to buzz, so he grabbed it off his trousers and answered it.

"Hey, Jenny. What's up? What? Now?" he asks, sighing and getting irritated. "Come on; we have a meeting right now." y eyes widen as he grabs my hand, and we make it back upstairs. "Wait, but...why me?" I ask as he drags me toward the conference room.

"Hugo is asking for you to be there. It's about next season's line. As a new designer, you have to be there." he says sternly, fixing the hem of his suit and fixing his tie. He looked a bit stressed, but I didn't want to bother him.

"Wait here with the other designers while I talk to Felix, ok? I'll be back," he says, cupping my face and kissing my lips. "Ok," I reply, seeing him walk away.

Everyone woots as he walks away, making him blush. I can't help but smile as I push Ingrid's shoulder slightly, making her chuckle. "Why are we all here?" I ask as we sit. Ingrid, Steph, and my sister were here, but the other girl they had mentioned and Hugo were not here. "I wonder where Hugo is?" I asked, narrowing my eyebrows.

"Hugo went in with dad, don't worry, it's nothing bad. I'm sure he wants to talk to us about the upcoming runway or something." my sister says, sitting next to me. I decided to walk around a little and glance at the old pictures dad still had to hang around the walls. There were pictures as far back as when the company was established. Pictures of Karly and me as little kids helping cut and sow. I smiled seeing a young Riley and Ruth, with Danny as a teenager, helping bring in material. It wasn't until they were older that their grandpa allowed them to start coming to the company.

I looked over to my side and saw Jenny coming in with a test overloaded with a coffee pot, creamer, and mugs. It looked like she was struggling, and making it worse, there was a lady with dirty blonde hair, dressed in couture, walking out of the elevator glancing in her compact mirror as she placed on red lipstick.

She was about to bump into Jenny, who focused on not dropping the tray. I ran, getting between them, but made Beth fall a bit of coffee on my shirt. "Hey! Watch it." the girl said, grunting in anger as she dropped her mirror. I hiss at the burn feeling of coffee on my chest. "Lay, I - I am so sorry," Jenny says as she places the tray down on a side table and tries to look for napkins to help me.

"No, it's ok, don't worry about it. Are you ok?" I ask, seeing she had burned her hand as well. "I'm fine; it's nothing."

"Great, you broke my mirror. Do you have any idea how expensive this compact is? You need to pay for a new one, do you understand? God, these people are so fucking incompetent." she says, huffing and flipping her hair in frustration.

"And who the hell are you? Why are you on this floor? The help is supposed to come after hours if you didn't know." she says, looking at me up and down. "Uhm, Miss Sasha, this Lay-"

"Don't care. Pick this mess up, and get me a latte from downstairs; chop chop!" She says, snapping her fingers at Jenny.

My blood boiled; I would not let this bitch talk to Jenny like that. Who the hell does she think she is?

"Girls, if you can, please make your way in. They're waiting for you." Beth days, making us turn. "Oh, sweety, what happened?" Beth stood me, looking at my coffee-stained shirt. "Uhm, nothing. I'm fine." Sasha leaves, smirking and swaying her hips dramatically as she enters the conference room.

"Oh, this won't do. Come on, let's get you changed," she says as she drags me into dad's office. "But, the meeting."

"No worries, they'll be fine starting without you for a few minutes." she grabs an extra shirt dad has to hang since dad is always spilling food and drinks on his clothes too. "Here, put this one on, sweety. And leave yours here so I can get it cleaned up. Make your way into the meeting soon as you're done, ok?" she says, smiling before closing the door.

I don't know who the hell Sasha is, but I don't like her already. I just hope she's not too much trouble.

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